552 Dr. Horsfield on the Felis Macrocelis. 



with the precision required in determination on subjects of Na- 

 tural History, to apply to our animal the name of Felis Nebulosa. 



For adopting the name given to our animal by M. Temminck, 

 I have stronger grounds. In this no doubt remains as to the 

 identity of the subjects from which the description was made. 

 On occasion of his visit to England, in April last, M. T. had an 

 opportunity of comparing his description, with a skin of the Felis 

 Macrocelis, preserved in the Museum of the Hon. East India Com- 

 pany. This was forwarded to England by Dr. Finlayson, but 

 without any precise notice regarding its native country. This 

 skin agrees with the specimen from Bencoolen, in the marks on 

 the head, neck, back, and shoulders, and in the length, fulness, 

 and colouring of the tail. The marks on the body have generally 

 the same character, but they are more regular, connected, and 

 obliquely disposed. On the rump, thighs, abdomen, and extre- 

 mities, the colouring is very similar in both. In the account 

 which M. Temminck has prepared for the public, of the Felis 

 Macrocelis, he states that it is indicated succinctly by Sir Stam- 

 ford Raffles in his descriptive Catalogue of a Zoological Collection 

 made in Sumatra; and he adds the following information as to its 

 distribution through the Indian Archipelago. " On le trouve 

 aussi a Borneo, ou les Daiakkers, peuplade sauvage et sanguinaire 

 de cette isle, emploient la peau pour en faire des jacquettes, dont 

 ils garnissent les bords, des plusieurs rangs de coquillage blancs." 



An individual of the Rimau-Dahan is said to have been brought 

 to England from Bencoolen, about ten years ago. It was distin- 

 guished on board of the vessel in which it arrived, by the name of 

 the Fox-tailed Tiger. This was subsequently exchanged for that 

 of Tortoise-shell Tiger. This individual was described to me as 

 nearly of the size of a Leopard, but it had the same proportions 

 in its body and extremities as our specimen, being rather of more 

 robust make than that animal, and less elevated. Its legs, feet, 

 and claws, were very stout, and it was provided with a long 

 and very full tail. This so called Fox-tailed Tiger was ex- 

 hibited for some time at Exeter-Change : it afterwards formed 

 part of a travelling menagerie, and died at Axminster. The skin 

 was prepared, by tanning, but not set up, and was sent to the 



